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Full-Text Articles in Religious Education
An Ancient American Setting For The Book Of Mormon
An Ancient American Setting For The Book Of Mormon
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
As this newsletter goes to press, John Sorenson 's book, An Ancient American Setting for the Book of Mormon is in publication at Deseret Book Company. This landmark volume should be out the beginning of next year. This book has been long-awaited; it sets a new benchmark for Book of Mormon studies. Dr. Sorenson, Chairman of the Anthropology Department at Brigham Young University, has been working on these materials for thirty-five years. He has developed much of this research in connection with several innovative classes he has been teaching at BYU.
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Additional Study Aids
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
F.A.R.M.S. has frequently been asked to recommend books that people might read to learn more about the world of Lehi, the ancient source of much of the Book of Mormon. Beside the classic works by Hugh Nibley, Lehi in the Desert, An Approach to the Book of Mormon, and Since Cumorah, a very valuable book is by Father Roland de Vaux, Ancient Israel, in two volumes (McGraw Hill). Although slightly dated, the book remains extremely insightful, generally readable and reliable, and conveniently available in paperback.
Farms Monthly Updates
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Some Newsletter readers may be unaware that since December, 1983, monthly one-page information memos have been produced by the Foundation and distributed to Cornerstone Club contributors. These releases are short, specific reports on late-breaking news about pertinent discoveries or research findings. Some of this information later appears in abbreviated form in the Newsletter or other public sources, but those contributors who read the Monthly Update receive the news first from this unique information service.
Reprints And Preliminary Reports
Reprints And Preliminary Reports
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Certain well known patterns of human behavior are accurately depicted in the Book of Mormon. For example, Hugh Nibley has explored the pattern of the flight of the righteous into the wilderness. A striking new study now describes another pattern for our consideration.
Book Of Mormon Critical Text
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Critical texts of the Bible have been available for many years, showing variant readings from early Greek or Hebrew manuscripts accompanying the familiar phrasing of the standard Bible. Heavily footnoted, these volumes show how words and structures of the text have appeared in different editions over time and in different languages. They have become an essential tool for scholarly research on the scripture. They also aid serious readers by clarifying how the text may be interpreted.
Farms News
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
FARMS moved this spring up from our basement quarters into three rooms on the third floor of Amanda Knight Hall, at the corner of 800 North and University Avenue in Provo, Room 315 serves as the main office; another room is a distribution center and the third houses our archive and research library. The gable-roofed architecture of the building preserves a distinctive atmosphere of quiet age.
President's Message, John W. Welch
President's Message, John W. Welch
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
In 1832, Section 84 of the Doctrine and Covenants was revealed to the Prophet Joseph Smith. In this great section, the Lord explained one of the reasons why the people of the Church languished in spiritual darkness: "And your minds in times past have been darkened because of unbelief, and because you have treated lightly the things you have received..." Members of the Church were told that they would remain under condemnation until "they repent and remember the new covenant, even the Book of Mormon and the former commandments" which had been given to them (D&C 84:53, 57).
Metonymy In The Book Of Mormon
Metonymy In The Book Of Mormon
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
A suggestion by Gordon Thomasson led to a May 3 seminar where 11 F.A.R.M.S. collaborators examined another subtle stylistic feature in the Book of Mormon. Metonymy is the practice of giving a person or place a name whose meaning reflects an event or trait associated with that person or place. A closely related practice sees a person's name become symbolic of some phenomenon. An example of metonymy is in I Sam. 25 where a man is said to have been named Nabal, "fool," because he refused to aid David and his supporters. The second pattern is shown in the statement …
Is Mulek Mentioned In The Bible?
Is Mulek Mentioned In The Bible?
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Helaman 6:10 records that Zedekiah, King of Judah in Lehi's day, had a son named Mulek who escaped execution by the Babylonians, despite the statement in 2 Kings 25:4-7 that the king's sons were slain. While the name Mulek is not mentioned directly in the Bible, scholars have recently drawn some interesting conclusions about a person named Malchiah, mentioned in Jer. 38:6. Could he have been Mulek?
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Videos Become Available
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The transfer of our slide presentation, "Lands of the Book of Mormon," to video is now completed. In addition, the video features an introductory panel discussion by John Sorenson, Truman Madsen, and Stephen Ricks. Videos are available in either VHS or Beta format. Please specify which format and speed you want when ordering.
Meet Our Executive Secretary
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Every dynamic organization needs a top-notch secretary to keep the people and the projects all pulling together in the same direction. FARMS is fortunate to have Darlene Clarke on board to manage the minutes and agendas of our monthly research and business meetings.
Announcing The Cornerstone Club
Announcing The Cornerstone Club
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The Cornerstone Club is our way of saying "Thank you" to those who are providing generous financial support to FARMS. Many of the exciting new projects you are reading about would never happen without people who care enough about scriptural studies to provide the necessary funds.
Sunday School Sets Moving Fast
Sunday School Sets Moving Fast
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The Book of Mormon Study Catalog of articles complementing the 1984 Gospel Doctrine lessons has been a stunning success. The catalog was announced in the January 1 issue of the Church News and response has been overwhelming. The catalog is available from the Foundation free of charge if you send a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
Old World Covenant Patterns In King Benjamin's Speech
Old World Covenant Patterns In King Benjamin's Speech
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
"That the covenant ceremonies in both the Old Testament and the Book of Mosiah reflect an ancient Near Eastern pattern prescribed for such occasions may provide another control for establishing the genuineness of the Book of Mormon," says Stephen Ricks, in his recent paper entitled "The Treaty/Covenant Pattern in King Benjamin's Address."
Nibley Archive Continues To Expand
Nibley Archive Continues To Expand
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
For several years F.A.R.M.S. has featured the Nibley Archive. This collection now contains over 100 Nibley articles and papers, and additional items are added regularly. If you enjoy collecting and reading Nibley, be sure to order the 1984 Nibley Archive catalog.
The Message Of The Broken Bow
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Alan Goff has turned up an interesting article in the 1978 Jewish Quarterly Review entitled "The Breaking of the Bow." It appears, from ancient Babylonian sources, that bows were symbols of political power. One thinks also of Odysseus bending the bow to prove himself. An overlord would break the bow of a disobedient vassal to symbolical ly put the rebel in his place.
Metals In Ancient Mesoamerica
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Metals are mentioned frequently in the Book of Mormon. Gold, silver, iron and copper were important parts of the material culture during both Jaredite and Nephite times (Eth . 10:23, Hel. 6:9). There have been few metal artifacts, though, recovered archaeologically from Mesoamerican sites. This has led some specialists to insist that metallurgy was unknown in the region before late classic (A.D. 700 to 900) times.
Salalah: Nephi's Land Bountiful
Salalah: Nephi's Land Bountiful
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Lynn and Hope Hilton, seasoned travelers along the Saudi Arabian peninsula, have for several years explored it from the perspective of Lehi's travels. In particular, they have compiled various travelers' descriptions of the short strip of verdant coastline called Salalah that lies along the otherwise barren and forbidding coast of South Arabia. The directions given in 1 Nephi lead a traveler to precisely this region.
Chiasmus In Antiquity Volume Reviewed
Chiasmus In Antiquity Volume Reviewed
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
John W. Welch's detailed volume entitled Chiasmus in Antiquity, examining this ancient literary art form as it appears in various ancient Near Eastern settings, including the Book of Mormon, has been reviewed by John Kselman.
New Book Out
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
A convenient and commendable collection of articles about Book of Mormon people is now off the press. It Begins with a Family, published in January by Deseret Book, reprints twenty-three articles that appeared in the Ensign from 1976 to 1978. The articles, by prominent authors and scholars, discuss the lives and characters of Lehi, Nephi, Jacob, Benjamin, Alma, Ammon, Korihor, Moroni, and other significant Book of Mormon figures.
Farms Ad Runs In This People Magazine
Farms Ad Runs In This People Magazine
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
A striking double-page F.A.R.M.S. advertisement appeared in the December issue of This People magazine. It has produced numerous responses and is helping draw attention to the excellent Book of Mormon materials available through F.A.R.M.S. Special thanks go to Susan Roylance, Blaine Hudson, This People, and others who put it together.
Dr. Sorenson To Accompany Tour
Dr. Sorenson To Accompany Tour
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The Foundation is pleased to announce its first tour into the exciting Book of Mormon areas of Mexico and Guatemala, a 13-day exploration of the region that many LDS scholars identify as the heartland of the Book of Mormon.
First Evidence Of Pre-Columbian New World Barley
First Evidence Of Pre-Columbian New World Barley
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The December 1983 issue of Science 83 reports the discovery by professional archaeologists of what is apparently pre-columbian, domesticated barley among the ruins of the Hohokam civilization in Arizona.
President's Message, John W. Welch
President's Message, John W. Welch
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Would you like to catch a glimpse of what is going on around the Foundation these days? We can hardly run fast enough to keep up with it all! Letters this week have been running between 125 and 140 per day! You can imagine the rest. But it's rewarding and gratifying to the dozens of volunteers on this end. We trust that it's also interesting and useful to you on your end.
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Dinner Completes Nibley Birthday Celebration
Dinner Completes Nibley Birthday Celebration
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
A dinner to note the completion of the two-volume By Study and Also by Faith: Essays in Honor of Hugh Nibley on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday was held on September 7. In attendance were Brother and Sister Nibley, over half of those who contributed articles to the volumes, members of the administration at BYU, and Elder Neal Maxwell of the Quorum of the Twelve.
Nibley's Latest Lectures Now On Audiotape
Nibley's Latest Lectures Now On Audiotape
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Facsimile #2 of the Pearl of Great Price is an Egyptian hypocephalus. Anciently such documents were placed under the head of a deceased person before burial. In a series of twelve lectures recently sponsored by F.A.R.M.S. and delivered at BYU, Hugh Nibley discussed "what the Egyptians themselves said about the hypocephalus," "what Joseph Smith said about it," and the facsimile's meaning and importance.
New Book Of Mormon Geography Map Available
New Book Of Mormon Geography Map Available
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
A handsome new wall map suitable for classroom use has been developed by Dr. Michael Preece, a Salt Lake physician and student of the Book of Mormon. It follows the model of geography in John Sorenson's An Ancient American Setting for the Book of Mormon. Dr. Sorenson assisted in the project.